Inconceivable!

[Sava]

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[meowsqueak]

Right, so after all that, can someone please post the context of the quote "Never start a land war in Asia" then?

[AoA]

Well a spoiler to the movie but the end of the described scene is...





Vizzini: You only think I guessed wrong - that's what's so funny. I switched glasses when your back was turned. Ha-ha, you fool. You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia", but only slightly less well known is this: "Never go in against a Sicilian, when *death* is on the line.". Hahahahahah.
[Vizzini falls over dead]

[JoeGator]

Originally posted by AoA
Well a spoiler to the movie but the end of the described scene is...





Vizzini: You only think I guessed wrong - that's what's so funny. I switched glasses when your back was turned. Ha-ha, you fool. You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia", but only slightly less well known is this: "Never go in against a Sicilian, when *death* is on the line.". Hahahahahah.
[Vizzini falls over dead]

Such a great movie.

And one of the greatest scenes of all time that one.

[Byelotsar]

Originally posted by JoeGator
Such a great movie.

And one of the greatest scenes of all time that one.

Concur.

Originally posted by Willem
For those of you who may be completely confused about what all these people are babbling on about, these are all lines from the movie The Princess Bride. If you've never seen it, try and track it down somewhere. It's definitely worth a watch.

Better (in my opinion) is the version of the book itself abdriged by William Goldman, who was responsible for the movie. It's very very similar to the movie - many of the lines in the movie are almost word-for-word from the book - but with much more detail and character development. Where Fezzik gets the holocaust cloak, for example, is actually explained (though it's one of the many sections which Goldman truncated from the original), and his history as a Turkish wrestler (he started at age 9, easily won every match, and was consequently hated until he began fighting groups - hence his words to Wesley during their fight), among other things. It's very interesting, really.

[Blunderdog]

Originally posted by JoeGator


Such a great movie.

And one of the greatest scenes of all time that one.

I can't help but laugh every time I think of that scene.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Byelotsar
Better (in my opinion) is the version of the book itself abdriged by William Goldman,

You know the "abridged" version is the original, right?

[Byelotsar]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
You know the "abridged" version is the original, right?

I do now.

I always thought it strange that I'd never heard of "Florin" or "Guilder" before, despite claims that they were real places. Case closed: I'm a sucker.